Scary moment toddler gets caught in garage door

A two-year-old girl has narrowly escaped serious injury, perhaps death after her charm bracelet was caught in an automatic garage door.

Taylor Best, who is almost three, was with her nanny when the door began to open. It wasn’t until the door was well and truly opening that the nanny realised that her charge was trapped and in grave danger. As the door continued to open the child was lifted off the ground by her wrist and her screams are ones of pure terror.

In an instant, the quick-thinking nanny grabbed her by the waist and supported her until she could wrench her free. It was a lucky escape for the little girl who continued to cry in shock and fright.

“Seeing it was really hard,” said Taylor's mother Michelle Best, of Houston.

“The nanny was there, right there, and she wasn’t hurt … but she was crying a lot.”

Some parents criticised the mother for gifting her daughter with a charm bracelet when she was just two years old. But Michelle, a mum of four, defended her actions saying, ‘It’s a tradition. All of my kids have had them. They love getting the new charms. This was a freak accident’.

And on that we agree. This was a freak accident – and one that could have happened to anyone at any time. Still, if you’re near an automatic garage door at any point keep an eye on your little ones when it’s opening or closing. Better to be safe than sorry. And if your kids wear jewelry be extra vigilant, warn experts.